ANDROSACEUS 533 



1-2-5 cm. x -5 mm., dark purple, or reddish, horny, beset with the same 

 scattered hairs as the pileus, apex pale. Gills white, adnexed, narrow, 

 single, the alternate ones dimidiate, distant. Spores white, oblong 

 elliptical, 9-12 x 4-6/x, 1-2-guttulate. On faUen, dead holly-leaves 

 in woods, and under hollies elsewhere. March Dec. Not uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 



1759. A. epichloe (Fr.) Rea. (= Marasmius epichloe Fr.; Marasmius 

 scabellus (A. & S.) Quel. sec. Bataille.) Cke. Illus. no. 1087, 

 t. 1136, fig. A, as Marasmius epichloe Fr. 



eVt, upon; %Xo77, grass. 



P. 4-5 mm., whitish, disc bay-brown-fuscous, thin, plano-convex, 

 subpapillate. St. 2-3 cm. x -5 mm., bay brown, paler at the base, 

 coarsely striate, striae setulose. Gills whitish, rounded, broader behind, 

 somewhat crowded. Spores white, "elliptical, 3 x 2/z" Cke. On dead 

 grass stems, and spines of Robinia. Aug. Oct. Rare. 



1760. A. actinophoras Rea. (= Marasmius actinophorus (B. & Br.) 

 Massee, nee B. & Br. sec. Fetch.) Cke. Illus. no. 1087, t. 1136, 

 fig. B, as Marasmius actinophorus B. & Br. 



aTt9, a ray; <f>epw, I bear. 



P. 24 mm., pale bay brown, with distant darker radiating lines, very 

 thin, convex, then plane, umbilicate, wrinkled when dry. St. 1-2 cm. 

 x -5 mm., paler than the pileus, equal. Gills whitish, adnexed, narrow, 

 alternate ones shorter. Spores white, "subglobose, 3/u," Massee. On 

 fallen twigs. Aug. Rare. 



1761. A. saccharinus (Batsch) Rea. (= Marasmius saccharinus 

 (Batsch) Fr.) Cke. Illus. no. 1087, t. 1136, fig. C, as Marasmius 

 saccharinus Batsch. Saccharum, sugar. 



P. 25 mm., snow white, membranaceous, convex, subpapillate, sul- 

 cate, and plicate. St. 1-5-2-5 cm. x -5 mm., white, reddish at the bulbose 

 base, pruinose, villose under a lens. Gills whitish, broadly adnate, 

 narrow, thick, very distant, reticulato-united. Spores white, "ovoid 

 lanceolate, 12/i, guttulate" Quel., "elliptical, 5 x 3/i" Massee. On 

 dead twigs, and leaves. Aug. Rare. 



1762. A. epiphyllus (Fr.) Pat. (= Marasmius epiphyllus Fr.) 



7ri, upon; <j>v\\ov, a leaf. 



P. 4-10 mm., milk white, membranaceous, very thin, convex, then 

 plane, at length umbilicate, smooth, at length plicato-rugose. St. 1- 

 2-5 cm. x 1 mm., date brown, apex whitish, somewhat horny, equal, 

 velvety under a lens. Gills white, adnate, few, very distant, entire, 

 veined, branched. Spores white, "oval-oblong, 5-6 /x,, minutely aculeo- 

 late" Quel., "3 x 2/z" Cke. On dead leaves, twigs, etc. Sept. 

 Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



